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Neuron Review

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the purpose of the sodium-potassium pump in a neuron?

a)

To create a difference in charge between the inside and outside of the neuron

b)

To open voltage-gated channels

c)

To repolarize the neuron

d)

To trigger action potentials

2.

What happens when a neuron reaches its threshold potential?

a)

The neuron returns to its resting state

b)

The neuron undergoes hyperpolarization

c)

Voltage-gated sodium channels open

d)

Voltage-gated potassium channels open

3.

This part of the neuron transmits signals away from the cell body.

a)

Synapse

b)

Axon

c)

Dendrite

d)

Soma

4.

These glial cells act as your main source of immune defense in the CNS.

a)

microglial cells

b)

astrocytes

c)

Schwann cells

d)

satellite cells

5.
Receives sensory information and relays it to the proper part of brain for further processing
a)
Hypothalamus
b)
Reticular Formation
c)
Cerebellum
d)
Thalamus
6.
Makes decisions, plans, reasons, and carries out behaviors
a)
Frontal Lobe
b)
Parietal Lobe
c)
Occipital Lobe
d)
Temporal Lobe
7.
A person has a stroke on her occipital lobe.  What might happen to her?
a)
reduced planning abilities
b)
deafness
c)
coma
d)
blindness
8.

The somatosensory area are located in the

a)

frontal lobe

b)

parietal lobe

c)

temporal lobe

d)

occipital lobe

9.

Which sensation(s) does the vestibulocochlear nerve carry?

a)

hearing and balance

b)

atmospheric pressure

c)

equilibrium

d)

Taste

10.

The Motor (efferent) Division of the PNS transmits impulses _____ CNS to the muscles and glands allowing them to contract and secrete

a)

From

b)

To

11.

The Autonomic Nervous system, has subdivisions. The Parasympathetic activates our _____ responses.

a)

"Fight or Flight"

b)

"Rest and Digest"

c)

"Second Brain"

d)

CNS

12.

What information will A transmit

a)

Sensory neuron

b)

Motor neuron

c)

Interneuron

13.

What is B

a)

Dorsal root

b)

Dorsal root ganglion

14.

Match the neurotransmitter with its function: Acetylcholine

a)

Digestion, heart rate, and blood pressure

b)

Muscle movement, memory, and learning

c)

Vision and light sensitivity

d)

Emotions and mood

15.

Which is the following is represented by the letter B?

a)

cell body

b)

nucleus

c)

dendrite

d)

axon

16.

Type of neuron that carries messages from the body to the brain/spinal cord:

a)

Afferent/sensory

b)

Efferent/motor